05.10. - 28.10.2023

Galerija "Māksla XO"

Elizabetes iela 14, Rīga, LV 1010

TATJANA KRIVENKOVA

Connection

„In the spring of 2021, the young poet Kirils Ecis invited me, Tatjana Krivenkova, to collaborate on a joint publication for the 2021 Christmas issue of the literary magazine “Žoklis”. Kirils Ecis’ poem, titled “prcession” (“a microtonal verse with an illustration”) served as a precursor to the themes found in the initial elements of Krivenkova’s sketchbooks. The poet was interested in “word combinations”. I, on the other hand, became captivated by the concept of “connection”. It seemed perfect if I could contribute an artwork to each magazine, creating a series rather than reproducing a single form.
My new exhibition serves as a response to Kirils Ecis’ poem. An illustration, or rather an illumination, striving for the ideal.” Tatjana Krivenkova, 2023. 

Painter Tatjana Krivenkova’s artistic style is recognizable by its minimalism, laconism, where the verbosity is abondaned to be able to express the idea more precisely. A pure, simple feeling – the separation of light from darkness, or the light itself, Pentecost or the West Wind Zephyr, sprout or dedication... To Tatjana Krivenkova, it is essential – the relationship between colour and light that is nuanced, vibrating, and almost transparent. Just like our spiritual world. (Ilze Zeivate)

Tatjana Krivenkova graduated from the Department of Monumental Painting of the Art Academy of Latvia (1988) and obtained a Master’s degree from the Department of Graphic Art of the Art Academy of Latvia (2010); she has studied porcelain painting at the Lomonosov Imperial Porcelain Factory in St. Petersburg (1995˗1996). She has organised more than 30 solo exhibitions and participated in more than 30 group exhibitions in Latvia and abroad. For the solo show “Pollution of Light” at Maksla XO Gallery (10.03.˗05.04.2011), Tatjana Krivenkova was nominated for the Purvitis Prize 2013. Tatjana Krivenkova’s works are in public collections – Latvian National Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia), Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (Riga, Latvia), Riga Porcelain Museum (Riga, Latvia), Latvian Artist’s Union Collection (Riga, Latvia), Talsi Regional Museum (Talsi, Latvia), Pedvale Open Air Museum (Pedvale, Latvia), Swedbank Contemporary Art Collection (Riga, Latvia).